South African mining magnate Patrice Motsepe was re-elected unopposed as Confederation of African Football president while four-time African Footballer of the Year Samuel Eto’o won a place on the executive committee.
The 63-year-old Motsepe, whose family trust owns one of the continent’s biggest clubs – bMamelodi Sundowns, will serve a second four-year term after being first elected in 2021 when his candidature was also unopposed and heavily backed by FIFA president Gianni Infantino.
In 2021 he succeeded Ahmad of Madagascar who had become the first Caf president to be banned by Fifa.
Since then, the African football body has grown financially, making a $72m (£55.5m) profit from last year’s Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) – a sum 18 times bigger than that generated by the previous edition in 2022.
